Evolution / Douglas J. Futuyma, Stony Brook University, Mark Kirkpatrick, University of Texas at Austin.

Author
Futuyma, Douglas J., 1942- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Fourth edition.
Published/​Created
Sunderland, Massachusetts U.S.A. : Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Description
xviii, 599 pages, 98 pages in various pagings : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

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      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • Unit I. An idea that changed the world. Evolutionary biology
      • The tree of life
      • Natural selection and adaptation
      • Unit II. How evolution works. Mutation and variation
      • The genetical theory of natural selection
      • Phenotypic evolution
      • Genetic drift : evolution at random
      • Evolution in space
      • Species and speciation
      • Unit III. Products of evolution : what natural selection has wrought. All about sex
      • How to be fit
      • Cooperation and conflict
      • Interactions among species
      • The evolution of genes and genomes
      • Evolution and development
      • Unit IV. Macroevolution and the history of life. Phylogeny : the unity and diversity of life
      • The history of life
      • The geography of evolution
      • The evolution of biological diversity
      • Macroevolution : evolution above the species level
      • Unit V. Evolution and Homo sapiens. The evolutionary story of Homo sapiens
      • Evolution and society.
      ISBN
      • 9781605356051 ((casebound))
      • 1605356050 ((casebound))
      LCCN
      2017000562
      OCLC
      969439375
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